YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Thanks for your kind words and thoughts. I only have one more week left of this round of radiation/chemo. Thank god. I did a little therapy/stand-up about it this past weekend. A friend of mine recorded it, which is kind of rude because it was my first time, so if anyone's interested: https://www.yo...

Is there any capacity that you could become involved in music again? The last few months circumstances beyond my control have taken me away from performance, and I wasn't fully aware of how hard it was on me. Today I auditioned for a show and I've been buzzing with joy for the rest of the day. You d...

Hi MIHH community, I joined here a while back, looking for support and understanding for my mental health disorders. I was diagnosed as Bipolar II with generalized anxiety disorder as well as PTSD when I was 19. There have been huge ups and downs, which is fitting of the diagnosis I suppose. When I ...

Bipolar II, sorry for the confusion.

I think at first I found my diagnosis scary and I was pretty ashamed of it. I mostly related it to things I had heard about others, or had experienced from my own family members with BPD. Somewhere in the last year or two I stopped giving a shit? I mostly don't talk about it because I don't like wei...

When I was initially diagnosed I was binge drinking a lot and blamed it on my age and just the lifestyles of those I hung out with. I was "binge" drinking at least 5/7 days in a week, which I didn't think was a big thing. Looking back it is kind of horrifying. The things I did and brushed ...

Hi I'm Dani. I don't think I've been active on a forum since my teen years, I found more self-destructive escapist activities to get up to. I'm 22 years old, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder II and PTSD when I was 19 years old. I've been seeing therapists off and on since about 14. It's all bee...